Invest in Business Admin Training

Business Administrators are key to business operations, supporting day-to-day tasks and ensuring the business continues to run smoothly. With an everchanging business landscape, Administrators need to be able to have the right skills, engage in regular professional development, and be able to adapt to new responsibilities and technologies. In this article we will discuss the key skills for Business Administrators and how LMP Education can help you recruit new candidates or upskill existing staff members.

The importance of Business Administrators

Business Administrators support an organisation in a multitude of ways. They help streamline operations, improve efficiency and handle critical administrative tasks. Business Administrators also offload some tasks from other team members allowing them to focus on their core responsibilities while ensuring the tasks are done to the highest of standards.

Key Skills in Business Administration

As Business Administrators often support various departments and tasks within an organisation, they need to have several key skills alongside their job specific knowledge and experience:

Communication

Business Administrators need to be able to work with a range of stakeholders within the business and effectively communicate with each.

Time management

A Business Administrator needs to be able to work effectively and often quickly to complete their tasks. Having great time management is key to ensuring that all tasks get done on time and to the highest of quality.

Organisational skills

Similarly to time management, being able to adequately organise their work is crucial for a Business Administrator to be able to complete their tasks effectively. Additionally, many of the tasks of an administrator involve paperwork, filing and other organisational related tasks so they must be able to stay focused an organised to support the business.

Computer Literacy

Nearly all businesses nowadays use computers on a daily basis and while most people are competent in using those, a Business Administrator need to have a greater understanding of computer systems in order to complete their tasks.

Adaptability

A Business Administrators role is a varied one, supporting different people in different roles and often different departments. Being able to adapt to the task at hand and be flexible in their work would make for a successful Business Administrator.

The value of Business Administrator training

While many skills required for a successful Business Administrator can be taught on the job, it’s crucial for those in administrative roles to have the right knowledge, skills and behaviours to excel in their work. Continuous Professional Development (CPD) can help your team members improve their work and apply it to their day-to-day role allowing them to develop in a way that benefits their exact responsibilities.

LMP Education’s funded Business Administration training

LMP Education offers funded training programmes for Business Administrators that focus on developing the right skills for a successful administrator. These are available for new employees allowing you to hire a candidate alongside their training programme, or for existing staff that wish to upskill and improve in their role.

The training is delivered by expert tutors and LMP Education is able to match the learning to the needs of your organisation, providing a bespoke training programme. Alongside our main Business Operations Administrator programme, we also offer a School Administrator pathway and Medical Administrator pathway to fit the unique needs of education and medical sectors.

If you are interested in hiring a Business Administrator or upskilling an existing member of your team, book a discovery call with the LMP team today!